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on The Reality of Guns
Tom, I concur. There must be another choice.
posted 2 years, 3 months ago
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on The Reality of Guns
Well said.
OMG, I also fit this profile almost exactly! I grew up on a farm and learned how to properly handle firearms at a very young age and learned those same two very valuable rules early on (around 6 years old). I will teach my children the same thing. Taking the mystery and taboo out of firearms HELPS save kids. The news stories about the tragedy in Oregon City all ran rules like “lock them up”, “keep ammo and guns separately”, and the stupidest one of all “talk to your kids about guns. Tell them to NEVER touch one.” Have you met ANY children that aren’t intrigued by anything they aren’t supposed to be touching? Be it alcohol, cigarettes or firearms. Just teach them true respect for firearms, take the mystery away and kids will respect firearms.
posted 2 years, 3 months ago
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on Northwest Passages: Elyse Fenton
Thanks for sharing. I am ordering Clamor right now.
posted 2 years, 3 months ago
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on Frashour Fired
someone at TOL please remove the racist remarks from vitalpac? Thank you.
posted 2 years, 6 months ago
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on Frashour Fired
The little union punk that was just on is unbelievable. Do you expect that PPB officers can continue to murder and kill unarmed citizens and NOT be held accountable? Accusations of this being political are coming from a VERY politically active union. Kettle, meet Pot. For far too long no one speaks out against the PPB – you know why? Cause if you do you end up harassed or SHOT and killed. It is way past time for there to be wholesale changes to the way police forces in Oregon act, train and conduct themselves. It is an embarrassment nationwide. To those union leaders and members who don’t like being held accountable for making mistakes and costing lives – you are free to quit and leave the city, county, state or country. But in America, EVERY citizen regardless of color, creed, national origin, religion, even socioeconomic status is INNOCENT until proven guilty in a court of law. The time of believing a white police officer’s life and livelihood is more valuable than anyone else is long, long over. It is time to abide by the Constitution of the United States of America, and the Oregon Constitution.
posted 2 years, 6 months ago
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on Missoula Floods Revisited
I can't believe I missed this one. Gotta listen to the podcast or the rebroadcast tonight. Amazing and fascinating topic.
posted 2 years, 6 months ago
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on Private vs. Public Liquor Sales
But then why is Oregon twice the national average when already Oregon is one of the few states that the state controls liquor? And what is an underage drinker more likely to drink? Boones, Wine Coolers, Hard Lemonade, beer or spirits? Cause I know what I drank when I was under 21 and it was all the "soft" liquors. So what is this really about?
posted 2 years, 8 months ago
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on Private vs. Public Liquor Sales
I am currently drinking a Pepsi Throwback with cane sugar that does indeed have the OR five cent stamp on the top. And it is tasty! So yes, there is a deposit on these. Don't know about the bottles, cause this is a can.
posted 2 years, 8 months ago
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on Private vs. Public Liquor Sales
to your guest who was complaining about funding for enforcement my response is simple:
I do NOT care. I do NOT care about states budgets taking a hit for ripping off consumers. If you care that much about enforcement, and if constituents did, then they would gladly pay taxes toward enforcement. From my perspective, most of the enforcement attempts are failures anyway, especially with underage drinking so what do they have to show for blatantly stealing, I mean mark up from consumers?
posted 2 years, 8 months ago
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on Private vs. Public Liquor Sales
I would be completely in favor of the complete and total abolishment of the OLCC, which is one of the WORST ideas and organizations ever. A throwback to Prohibition which in many ways violates the US Constitutition which serves no useful purpose. The OLCC does a horrible job at everthing it does. Enforcement of liquor laws should migrate to a small nimble department created specifically for that purpose, with NO ONE from the current OLCC allowed to apply. This is such a no brainer. The state (both Ore. and Wash.) needs to get out of the liqour sales business. This is a capitalist country, not a communist (Cuban/Soviet type).
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on Cracking Down on Gun Violence
Tell that to the two people in Washington who had acid thrown in their faces.
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on Cracking Down on Gun Violence
knowing a few officers here - when these are done here many very valuable firearms are "traded" in at pennies on the dollar, and guess what? At least three of the officers brought their "take" over to my house so I could evaluate the value of the ones the officers were keeping. This does not remove guns from circulation, it just redistributes them.
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on Cracking Down on Gun Violence
Have you BEEN to the South Side of Chicago? I have this year and there is NO way Chicago is safer than Portland. And for the record, the Supreme Court will likely strike down (correctly) these new ordinances also.
posted 2 years, 8 months ago
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on Cracking Down on Gun Violence
After reading these new proposals, it is unclear how this will help reduce gang violence. It appears as a poorly shrouded attempt at restricting the 2nd Amendment, which the US Supreme Court just this year upheld and found the laws in DC and Chicago as illegal. If the goal is to make the city safer, how about addressing the problem of the gangs in the first place? Keeping kids in school, taking the money out of the illegal drug trade, destroying gangs and their infrastructure would all be much better than attempting to restrict a Constitutional right.
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on Human Trafficking
Especially since most of the clubs are governed by the OLCC - a throwback organization to Prohibition that somehow wasn't dismantled after the 21st amendment - and the OLCC is almost Nazi in their approach and practices. With this kind of unchecked power and abuse, how can such activities be so rampant under their watch?
posted 2 years, 9 months ago
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on Human Trafficking
I have to disagree with the comment just made by the cop. Back when I was in Emergency Medicine a bunch of us would visit strip clubs after work as a way to wind down. And we went to just about EVERY club in Portland, every week we went out and not ONCE did we see any prostitution. And we were more than regulars at several clubs. Not to say there isn't/wasn't that activity going on, but not in EVERY single one as he portrayed.
posted 2 years, 9 months ago
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on Human Trafficking
Who says there is ANY connection between internet porn and either prostitution and sex trafficking? Seems an odd leap.
Prostitution doesn't seem to the be the problem here, the pimps and "feeders" are the problem. And I don't think pimps get there start in internet porn. The real question is what is the connection between pimps and Portlands socioeconomic divide of the have and have nots?
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on The Garbage Business
BBanks, this is correct, but the volume is relatively small compared to the real true commercial shipments in the past. My response was to Emily's comparison with the shipment of garbage. Since the smaller shipments are easier to process, it is easier to try and prevent insects and seeds hitching a ride. IIRC Maui gold also comes from Costa Rica, so I don't think one can tell where the actual pineapple one is eating came from.
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on The Garbage Business
There are only two pineapple plantations left in Hawaii. Maui Pineapple Company and Dole’s on Oahu. The Dole plantation is basically for tourists, and the pineapple grown there is primarily for tourists to bring back with them. Maui Pineapple also has focused its business on souvenir fruit.
Once Del Monte shut down, that was the end of real, large commercial shipments Emily referenced.
http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2006/Feb/02/ln/FP602020326.html
posted 2 years, 9 months ago
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on The Garbage Business
Dave,
Tell Emily there has not been a commercial shipment of pineapple from Hawaii anywhere in over a year. Almost two now.
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